Colour Creeps Back as Aral Sea Emerges from The Dust

Shells are seen on the parched seabed of the Aral Sea near Karateren, Kazakhstan. September 22, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Claudio Accheri

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Shells are seen on the parched seabed of the Aral Sea near Karateren, Kazakhstan. September 22, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Claudio Acciher

Sand dunes are seen on the parched seabed of the Aral Sea near Karateren, Kazakhstan. September 22, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Claudio Accheri

Sand dunes are seen on the parched seabed of the Aral Sea near Karateren, Kazakhstan. September 22, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Claudio Accheri

Fishermen sail on a small boat outside the village of Karateren, near the Aral Sea, south-western Kazakhstan. September 21, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Umberto Bacchi

Fishermen sail on a small boat outside the village of Karateren, near the Aral Sea, south-western Kazakhstan. September 21, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Umberto Bacchi

Fishermen camp near a water stream off the village of Karateren, near the Aral Sea, south-western Kazakhstan. September 21, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Claudio Accheri

Fishermen camp near a water stream off the village of Karateren, near the Aral Sea, south-western Kazakhstan. September 21, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Claudio Accheri

A section of a dam is seen outside the village of Karateren, near the Aral Sea, south-western Kazakhstan, September 21, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Claudio Accheri

A section of a dam is seen outside the village of Karateren, near the Aral Sea, south-western Kazakhstan, September 21, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Claudio Accheri

Fishermen drive a sidecar off the village of Karateren, near the Aral Sea, south-western Kazakhstan. September 21, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Umberto Bacchi

Fishermen drive a sidecar off the village of Karateren, near the Aral Sea, south-western Kazakhstan. September 21, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Umberto Bacchi

A lone tree stands among sand dunes near the village of Aralkum, near the Aral Sea, south-western Kazakhstan. September 20, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Claudio Accheri

A lone tree stands among sand dunes near the village of Aralkum, near the Aral Sea, south-western Kazakhstan. September 20, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Claudio Accheri

Bakhyt Kirbasov, a farmer and retired railway worker, stands atop a sand dune near his home in the village of Aralkum, near the Aral Sea, south-western Kazakhstan. September 20, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Claudio Accheri

Bakhyt Kirbasov, a farmer and retired railway worker, stands atop a sand dune near his home in the village of Aralkum, near the Aral Sea, south-western Kazakhstan. September 20, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Claudio Accheri

Bakhyt Kirbasov, a farmer and retired railway worker, stands atop a sand dune near his home in the village of Aralkum, near the Aral Sea, south-western Kazakhstan. September 20, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Claudio Accheri

Bakhyt Kirbasov, a farmer and retired railway worker, stands atop a sand dune near his home in the village of Aralkum, near the Aral Sea, south-western Kazakhstan. September 20, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Claudio Accheri

Bakhyt Kirbasov, a farmer and retired railway worker, stands amid Saxaul and other shrubs planted to form a protective barrier outside the village of Aralkum, near the Aral Sea, south-western Kazakhstan. September 20, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Claudio Accheri

Bakhyt Kirbasov, a farmer and retired railway worker, stands amid Saxaul and other shrubs planted to form a protective barrier outside the village of Aralkum, near the Aral Sea, south-western Kazakhstan. September 20, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Claudio Accheri

An aerial view of a forest nursery near the village of Akbay, south-western Kazakhstan. September 19, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Claudio Accheri

An aerial view of a forest nursery near the village of Akbay, south-western Kazakhstan. September 19, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Claudio Accheri